Five For Fighting to play at Royal Lahaina

April 14, 2011

KAANAPALI — Hawaiian Hotels & Resorts (HH&R) is bringing Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik’s Five For Fighting to perform live at the Royal Lahaina Resort on Saturday, April 23.

Another show will be held at the Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island on April 21.

The intimate concerts will be held oceanfront at the luau grounds for each resort.

Liz Bell, HH&R marketing and business development director, said, “These two concerts will truly showcase Five For Fighting’s talents under the stars and in a very up close and personal way. The concerts will sell out quickly, so we urge those wishing to attend to reserve their tickets early.”

For concert only tickets, www.GrooveTickets.com will handle the reservations online. Each concert is $65 per person for general admission and $85 each for VIP tickets.

The VIP tickets include Premiere Table Seating, table service and two drink tickets. For parties of ten or more, exclusive tables can be reserved in advance.

Both resorts will offer one-night hotel stays along with the concert tickets. The Royal Lahaina Resort package for April 23 starts at $255 for two for a Garden Cottage Room, including two general admission tickets to the Five For Fighting concert that evening. Any additional persons in the same room are $100, including a show ticket.

With two VIP concert tickets, a Garden Cottage Room for two is $295. Additional persons in the same unit are $120 each, including the concert.

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Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik performs and records under the name Five For Fighting. His deeply personal, emotional songs often present his views of society, family, war, mortality and the strength of the human spirit. Five For Fighting’s breakthrough came in 2001 with the Grammy-nominated song “Superman” from Ondrasik’s platinum CD “American Town.” In subsequent years, hit songs include “100 Years,” “World,” “The Riddle” and “Freedom Never Dies.”